Interactive and additive influences of Gender, BMI and Apolipoprotein 4 on cognition in children chronically exposed to high concentrations of PM2.5 and ozone. APOE 4 females are at highest risk in Mexico City

Environmental Research

Volumn 150, Issue , 2016, Pages 411-422

  Calderón Garcidueñas, Lilian ^a,b   Jewells, Valerie ^c   Galaz Montoya, Carolina ^b   van Zundert, Brigitte ^d   Pérez Calatayud, Angel ^b   Ascencio Ferrel, Eric ^b   Valencia Salazar, Gildardo ^e   Sandoval Cano, Marcela ^b   Carlos, Esperanza ^e   Solorio, Edelmira ^e   Acuña Ayala, Hilda ^e   Torres Jardón, Ricardo ^f   D'Angiulli, Amedeo ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^e Private Practice   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^g CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Alzheimer; Apoe; Children; Cognition deficits; Females; Fine particulate matter; Gender; IQ; Mexico city; Neuroprevention; Ozone; WISC(R)

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; GLUCOSE; OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BRAIN; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; GENDER; GLUCOSE; HEALTH RISK; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MEXICO; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; URBAN AREA; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHILD; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CITIES; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84976871882     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.06.026     Document Type: Article

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